Hame-fastener.



M.`E. RISK.

HAME FASTNER.

APPLICATION man JULY 2,1915.

- 1,178,412. r ratenmpr. 4,1916.

Mya/m UMBIA PLANoaRAPH C0., WASHINGTON, D. c.

MAURICE E. RISK, or sHAMaocK, TEXAS.

HAME-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4,' 1916.

Application led July 2, 1915; Serial No. 37,787.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, MAURICE E. RISK, a citizenof the United States, residing at Shamrock, in the county of Wheeler andState of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements inHame-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hame fasteners, and it has for its object toproduce a simple and effective device for securing a pair of hames on aharness collar.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and improveddevice of the class described whereby the hames may be secured tightlyor loosely, as may be required.

A further object of the invention is to produce a hame fastenerembodying a length of chain and a retaining hook or clip, the latterbeing formed, by bending, of a single piece of wire.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in theimproved construction and novel arrangement and combination of partswhich will be hereinafterv fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferredform of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitationis necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of theclaims may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a plan view of the hook member detached.Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is aside view showing the hookmember connected with a hame, only a portion of the latter being shown.Fig. 4; is a perspective view showing the hook member and the chainconnected therewith. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the lowerportion of the collar and a pair of hames, the latter being secured onthe collar by the improved fastener.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by likecharacters of reference.

The hook member A of the improved fas tening device'is formed of asingle piece of wire by first bending the same to form a U- shaped yoke,the limbs of which 15, 16 are of unequal length, `said limbs beingsubsequently bent or doubled downwardly intermediate their ends tooii'set the bridge portion 17 of the yoke downwardly and forwardly in aplane below the plane of the limbs 15, 16. The shorter limb 15 is bentto form a terminal eye 18 with which a chain 19 is connected; the longerlimb is bent to form a hook 20 which is oii'set laterally and outwardlywith respect to the limb 16.

In practice, the downwardly and forwardly oifset po-rtion 21 of thedevice, which includes the bridge piece 17is engaged with the loop 22 atthe lower end of one of the hames B where it mayk be permanentlyretained byfurther bending the rodset portion 21 to tightly engage theloop 22. When the hames are applied to the collar, the chain 19 ispassed through the loop 22 of the hame member B, and after drawingv thechainl suiiiciently tight it is engaged with the hook 2O of thefastening member A, as best seen in Fig. 5 of the drawing, therebykeffecting a very strong and secure connection between the hames. It isobvious that by drawing the chain 19 more or less tight, the hames maybe secured loosely or tightly, as desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In a hame fastener, a fastening member consisting of a U-shaped yokehaving a bridge portion and limbs of unequal length, a short limb havinga terminal eye and the long limb having a terminal hook which is oli'setlaterally and outwardly with respect to the yoke, that portion of theyoke which in- .cludes the bridge portion being bent and offsetdownwardly in the direction of the ends of the limbs having the eye andthe hook.

2. In a hame fastener, a fasteningmember consisting of a U-shaped yokehaving a bridge portion and limbs of unequal length, the short limbhaving a terminal eye and the long limb having a terminal hook which isoffset laterally and outwardly with respectV to the yoke, that portionof the yoke which includes the bridge portion being bent and offsetdownwardly in the direction of the In testimony whereof I ax mysignature ends of the limbs having the eye and the in presence of twowitnesses.

hook, in Combination with a chain permas r nently engaged with the eyeat the end of MAURCE E' Rbh' one limb of the yoke and adapted to be de-Nitnessesz taohably engaged with the hook at the end E. K. CAPERTON,

of the other limb. W. N. CURLEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1).G.

